by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 15, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The art of persuasion We’ve been studying the art of persuasion in one of my classes. Persuasion involves using rhetoric in a skilled manner; word choice, style, and structure all contribute to an argument’s overall...
by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 11, 2016 | moonshine, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s the weekend, so the moonshine grid is open Where I live in California, we definitely have spring in full bloom all up in here. My yard looks like purple flowers exploded all over it, and my little fig tree has defied the odds...
by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 1, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Burn out or fade away? I have vacation on the brain. All I can think about is my own private wilderness with plenty of snacks and no work to think of. Naps, too–plenty of naps. I am overworked and overtired and I just. Need....
by Natalie DeYoung | Feb 26, 2016 | moonshine, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s the weekend, so the moonshine grid is open So I’ve got a busy weekend planned for us. Ski-ball, mountain biking, spelunking, the works. The weather is finally beginning to lighten up in much of the U.S., and I think we...
by Natalie DeYoung | Feb 19, 2016 | moonshine, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s the weekend, so the moonshine grid is open Right around this time of year, I start fantasizing about vacation. A tropical beach somewhere, a cappuccino in a European square, it doesn’t really matter where as long...
by Natalie DeYoung | Feb 16, 2016 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Afresh I’ve had to do a lot of rereading for work lately. Any time I teach a book I haven’t read in the last five years, I give it another read to make sure it’s all fresh in my brain–characters, plot, style,...
